* contained within the request. Reserved for that purpose.
*/
#define BLKIF_OP_RESERVED_1 4
+/*
+ * Recognised only if "feature-trim" is present in backend xenbus info.
+ * The "feature-trim" node contains a boolean indicating whether trim
+ * requests are likely to succeed or fail. Either way, a trim request
+ * may fail at any time with BLKIF_RSP_EOPNOTSUPP if it is unsupported by
+ * the underlying block-device hardware. The boolean simply indicates whether
+ * or not it is worthwhile for the frontend to attempt trim requests.
+ * If a backend does not recognise BLKIF_OP_TRIM, it should *not*
+ * create the "feature-trim" node!
+ *
+ * Trim operation is a request for the underlying block device to mark
+ * extents to be erased. Trim operations are passed with sector_number as the
+ * sector index to begin trim operations at and nr_sectors as the number of
+ * sectors to be trimmed. The specified sectors should be trimmed if the
+ * underlying block device supports trim operations, or a BLKIF_RSP_EOPNOTSUPP
+ * should be returned. More information about trim operations at:
+ * http://t13.org/Documents/UploadedDocuments/docs2008/
+ * e07154r6-Data_Set_Management_Proposal_for_ATA-ACS2.doc
+ */
+#define BLKIF_OP_TRIM 5
/*
* Maximum scatter/gather segments per request.
};
typedef struct blkif_request blkif_request_t;
+/*
+ * Cast to this structure when blkif_request.operation == BLKIF_OP_TRIM
+ * sizeof(struct blkif_request_trim) <= sizeof(struct blkif_request)
+ */
+struct blkif_request_trim {
+ uint8_t operation; /* BLKIF_OP_TRIM */
+ uint8_t reserved; /* */
+ blkif_vdev_t handle; /* same as for read/write requests */
+ uint64_t id; /* private guest value, echoed in resp */
+ blkif_sector_t sector_number;/* start sector idx on disk */
+ uint64_t nr_sectors; /* number of contiguous sectors to trim */
+};
+typedef struct blkif_request_trim blkif_request_trim_t;
+
struct blkif_response {
uint64_t id; /* copied from request */
uint8_t operation; /* copied from request */